White Pekingese dressed up as a NINJA DOG is getting popular among the visitors in the tourist spots in Kyoto. His name is Boo.  

Do you know okonomiyaki?   It’s a popular Japanese food that has been loved over 400 years. It’s simply described as a pizza-like pancake. Wide varieties of ingredients and toppings…

  This is a Japanse Kyo-yaki (Shimizu-yaki) sake cup.   Kyo ware is made in Higashiyama area in Kyoto. It started about 1590’s, developed with the popularity of tea ceremony….

There are a lot of dialects spoken in Japan. Although it’s a small island, the mountains separate people and different dialects became independent in the long history of Japan.

    Using 4500 pieces of LEGO, this man built an amazing pop-up Kinkaku-ji (Known as Temple of The Golden Pavilion)!!!     Can you imagine how he figures out…

    During the first weekend of this month, Uzumasa Sengoku Matsuri 2009 was held in Kyoto. It’s an annual festival featuring Sengoku period (about the middle of the 15th…

Kyoto Filmmakers Lab was held in Kyoto, Japan from September 27 to October 1. This program provided a great experience and education to talented young filmmakers in the world. This…

Ofuda also known as gofu, is a Japanese talisman or amulet, which is a strip of paper or wood that is believed to have power to protect from trouble or…

  This is a Japanse Kyo-yaki (Kyo ware) toothpick box (case).   Kyo ware is made in Higashiyama area in Kyoto. It started about 1590’s, developed with the popularity of…

Kyo ware is made in Higashiyama area in Kyoto. It started about 1590’s, developed with the popularity of tea ceremony. Formerly, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan; therefore, first-class…

Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009 (Kyoto CMEX) was held September 26th to October 4th in Kyoto. This was the first regional program of Japan International Contents Festival (Japan CoFest). Japan…